Event hosting sci-fi, fantasy authors

Hastings, 1900 W. 23rd St., is hosting a “gathering” of several area science-fiction and fantasy authors. The event, where the authors will give readings and sign autographs, will be from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at the store.

Authors Robin Wayne Bailey, Lyn Benedict, Mary Chambers, James Gunn, K.D. McEntire, Christopher McKitterick, Lane Robins and Bryan Thomas Schmidt will give autographs from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. All but Gunn will also be available from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Robins will give a reading at 2:30 p.m.; Chambers at 3 p.m.; and Schmidt at 5 p.m. There will be a question and answer session from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Ian Stepp remembers visiting his aunt’s house as a kid, where he’d play classic games like Duck Hunt and iterations of the Mario Brothers saga on the family’s trusty old Nintendo Entertainment System.
Now pushing 30, Stepp is still a fan of the now-classic video games that in recent years have spawned a thriving culture and industry capitalizing on the nostalgia of grownups who coveted Nintendo game systems as kids in the 1980s and 90s.